#A49CE3#A49CE3

#A49CE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49CE3
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(247, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 18.33, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 39.38, 297.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0328 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.102 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0599, 37.2147, 77.6780)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49CE3 #DBE39C

analogous

#9CB7E3 #A49CE3 #C89CE3

triadic

#A49CE3 #E3A49C #9CE3A4

tetradic

#A49CE3 #E39CB7 #DBE39C #9CE3C8

square

#A49CE3 #E39CB7 #DBE39C #9CE3C8

split-complementary

#A49CE3 #E3C89C #B7E39C

monochromatic

#4C3DC8 #786CD6 #A49CE3 #D0CCF0 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A49CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A49CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49CE3

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49CE3	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b9ec',
    500: '#a49ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49ce3;
$custom-light: #c0b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.761,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49CE3

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C322B1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49CE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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